WORDS MATTER
*Firehouse Legal blog posts provide information only, and are not legal advice. For specific legal advice contact your attorney. No seriously, contact them, they’ll be happy to hear from you.*
The decision to terminate resuscitative efforts in the field is never an easy one. When you couple the emotionally charged atmosphere of a
It Can Be More Complex Than You Expect
*Firehouse Legal blog posts provide information only, and are not legal advice. For specific legal advice contact your attorney. No seriously, contact them, they’ll be happy to hear from you.*
Vacancies on a Board of Directors between elections happen frequently. The terms are long (6 years), and
How to salvage an election process and stay on track…
What happens when a fire district forgets to post its required filing notices for an election, or worse yet, forget about the election altogether and fails to notify the election authority until after the filing period is closed? The options in this situation aren’t great,
Laws, in general, do not remotely resemble “plain english” and are therefore very difficult to navigate. While individual laws may be intended to “stand alone” and address a specific concern, the courts have pretty uniformly stated that everything must be taken in context–so if the legislature passes laws that contradict each other then we must find a way
Looking forward to teaching the “Fire Chief’s Legal Tool Kit: Sunday only at Winter Fire School, in addition to working with Chief Brian Schaeffer and Asst. Chief Sam Persell to present “Surviving the Realities of Leading” on Saturday. Looking forward to another great MUFRTI event!
After many years of work at the State legislative level, and several unsuccessful attempts at a presumptive cancer coverage law, in 2021 the Missouri Fire Service Alliance was able to guide passage of Senate Bill 45, enabling creation of a fire fighter’s cancer benefits pool in the state.
Among other provisions, the law allowed for
*Firehouse Legal blog posts provide information only and are not legal advice. For specific legal advice contact your attorney. No seriously, contact them, they’ll be happy to hear from you.*
In prior blogs I’ve discussed the application of FLSA rules to the fire service, and how to determine whether or not the specific hours worked
ON FRIDAY, JULY 15 I’LL BE PRESENTING ANOTHER SESSION OF “THE FIRE CHIEF’S LEGAL TOOLBOX”
REGISTER HERE FOR THE CONFERENCE
Another great year at the MAFPD annual conference. I enjoyed the discussions during my “Return of the Roaring 20’s” presentation and the turnout was great!
By the way, if you are a firefighter and have not had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Sarah Jahnke speak on firefighter health and well-being, you absolutely must make
Join me next weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks for the Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts conference!
